Builder&#39;s tool or implement



Dec. 25, 1934. Fist-:NINGER VFir A1. y 1,985,383

BUILDERS TOOL OR MPLEMENT TTORNEY.-

Dec. 25, v1934.

F, SENINGER ET AL BUILDERS TOOL OR IMPLEMENT Filed Sept. 22, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 TTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 25, 1934 pare yfor` the secondv floor by,A erecting series` of;

shor-e postea-1L cut uniformly `to the requiredv length, thesel posts being evenly spaced in rows upon the lower door andr being tied together 'by-- stripslightly nailed thereto. The floor beams of the -nexftfloon areA then-'.nailedto the-sidesgof the tops otthesefshoreposts; Thisf-temporarystruee'y turevisifurther strengthened -by means of propsor'underpinning braced from` the lower floor `up` under the.- lower edges; Vof the beams, after which 152i the-'Hoor materialni's-laid" over theztopfY edges of f the-beams: In-thefcaseof concreteffloorsrsheetingomet'alilath iswfirsti nailed toI the beams-andV thea-concrete spread thereupon. Alfter., the lsecond floor"isthu's=laid; all'the said shore-posts 'and unY 20L derpinning are knocked down and again erectedy irr the same.' way uponi the completed secondziioor,v

preparatory tothe layingfof` the thirdoor in the same' way.` 1 This l nailing; up and" knoekingvdoyvn L ofthe timbers: entails a very considerable expone;

reise further: object toprovide a device of ,the

kind referred tra.. comprising twol arms" adaptedA "fl to' enga'gefeit` their upper. ends the'top end of? a shore' 'post'- atlopposite' sides thereof, and a" stirrup pivotally supported .between'thependentlower ends of the arms atl the'.'intermediateV face of the 4post-i uponwhich' stirrup" the beam may 'bei l supported,- a-nd releasable means 1 for'v locking; 'the assembly tolV the-1 p'o'stf and to the beam'. H

With these'iand such otheriand Afurther objects and ad-fanta'ges'` inV View' as Indy-tbe"` developed in:y the following' specic'a'tibn, attention'. is: nowv di-f F reoted to' the accompanying" drawings as 'eXeIn-f pl'iffyingf-severali practieallembodiments" of our inlv f armsflfor a'purposerwhichwillpresentlyappearz Ventiong'andfwherein' l Figure'l isaside elevation sheeting "n'g 'shown in seetionl.l l

Figure sa fi'ontalf`elevationof:r the1 assembly view thro tliedeyiee* alone, constituting the subject o einventien; 1-

of our invention as mounted' atopl ai-shore post' and` supporting 'a floor". ff beam beneath a course Ot'Sheet'ing, the'postbeing' shownp'artly' broken away "andi tlie beamand anmenlarged longitudinali sectionalk ofl the bracket-,fas attached atopI a/sho'repost and supporting a@ beam; the: post being representedfasV broken awayl at the lowen endi, and thefbeajmbeingf showninisectiorlf.vv

Figure '7j is= a side elevation-of still another vmodi., ication as mounted-- upon af shore post and sup-f r porting abeam; the` post fbeingrepresented as broken away atthe'lower` endy and the beamfrbeing showninsection. f if 4; y

Figure 8-is-afrvvoritalr,-elevatiorlaofs` the assemblyr offpigureq v v l Y :As representedinvention.` compris, arms l'z adapte .A `rfpos(itioningat oppositesides, of," affourfsided. shore posts 2; in anv angularlypendenti-manner, the upper' endsfnof k theI arms, being? formed;Withfinwardly; tuined topflanges elevation qf the assembly`r l to- 4 virle1`usivei "thel the'post;r and similar sidefflangsrlugsf 5f adapted vtol overlieetwo yopppsitel sides-3 6; of the postfr the etwoaanges beinggeonnected: togethenand. exter'lded;-yperpendieularlyw toujyeae otherf as shown. statedggthese. arrnsyaref arranged to depend .fangnlarly'f acrossv twogopposite sides ofsv thesp'ostg.landfsofthatzitheir lower ends may pro trude' somewhat ybeyondf'the intermediate,-thirdfv eide 7- of theT post; The protrudingportions5 ot thesefflower "ends are likewise provided' with, in-

' wardlyturned bottoniV and side;fiianges.y or; lugs- Brandi-9 respectivelyfand whiehf. are connectedand@ extended perpendicularly toeachl other, y theinner margins 10 l ofthebottorrrv` ianges orV lugsy 8- beingadapted" toiv over-lieA and: bejarfv against the corners o the; postA fdeiiningn the side 7- -thereoft Thus, when the deVicelis-properly mountedy-upon the v post; 2,l the* side'anges- 9,-a1fe held; anoutstandingfrelationtoftheside ''of'f the pesa;therebyr formingza' sortI of ,:`po,e1iejt=,-v socket on stirru-p 111.

for the :receptionfro'f a: separate' or individual-t` back platergor beam rest l2: Ar beam-r supporting arm 13'is extendedvertically up from this plateV 12;'being'securfed thereto by sorews- 14; 'Ifaperedfv wedge? lugs; ljffa're"` formed=-integrallyl withfsor separately mounted; upon:y the outer sides ot the 'Ifransversel-y aligned: holes 16: are formed through` the lower lugs; 8; lthroughiwh-ich" isjournaledf an operatingJshaftvl'l. ,A pain of-loek` arms.; 18 are keyed at. 1'9wupon the endswofthe shaft 1172 andy adapted to play over'theiouter'sides oithearfms- `1 andslidablyerigagefthe v`wedge-,lugs 115 as4 the shaftlr''lisfrbtatedi; 7 ffy," f

ext'endedll 'oppositelyz torthewar-ms 18. l The outer i extended end of the `shaft 17 is squared as shown at 40.for engaging a crank handle 22 Bmnmiaesl Toor. on -r Frankl VSening'erg: Frank A; VGroeliepAlberti ='A.V

sa; pair ,of hanger or stirrupv 15';

having a complemental squared socket 23 formed in one end for that purpose. The arrangement of the described parts is such, that as the handle 22 is rotated for example in a clockwise direction, the arms 18 slidably engage the Wedge lugs 15, whereby the arms 1 are forced towards one another, the spreading lug 20 being simultaneously turned outwardly away from the said arms. Upon the reverse rotation of the handle 22, however, the arms 18 are moved joif ofthe lugs 115, leaving the arms 1 free to spread laterally, while the spreading lug 20 simultaneously moves up between the lower ends of the arms 1, that is to say, between the lugs 8 and 9 of the two arms', thus ,forcing the arms 1 asunder. The spreading lug`20 is tapered upon its entering side, as shown at24, for facilitating this purpose.

In'the-use of the device thus embodied and described, a plurality of the'same are seated atopthe shore posts already properly erected upon the lower floor 28 in manner above referred to, and the floorbeams 25 are laid down edgewise upon therests 12 and betweenthe arms 1 and 13,after'which the arms 1 are drawn tightly up against the posts 2 through manipulation of the handles 22. Thus the several assemblies are-locked firmly in position. It will be noted that the elements are so proportioned and arranged, that when the devices are mounted atopthe posts and the beams 25 are positioned therein, that therev is left a .substantial space 26 between the tops of the posts and the upper edges ofthe beams; this space .provides a clearance between the upper' flanges 3 of the arms 1 and the ooring'orlsheeting 27 overhead.

In the modification shown in Figures and 6, two sets of varms 1a and 1b are crossed angularly and mortised andV jointed smoothlytogether at the crossing 30. Top anges 3a are extended inwardly from the upper ends of the arms 1a and the side anges' 5b from `the ends ofthe cross arms 1b. The plate 12a71is` pivotally'anchored by means of pins 31 between the lower angularly protruding ends of the arms 1b. The arm 13a is provided and attached to this plate as in the structure of Figures' 1 tol 4. The upper ends of the arms 1b are also extended beyond the face of the post 2 and are connected by a shaft 32 upon which is journaled ra cam lever 33 provided with a cam 34 Aat its working end. Thus bydrawing the lever 33 downward, the arm 13a is drawn tightly up against the beam 25.

The structure shown in Figures 7 and 8 varies from that of Figures 5 and 6 in that the'arm 13e is widened `and extendedl down, blocks 36 being fastened to the sides of this arm to lll out the space even with the sides of the post 2,1the arms 1c are slotted Vat'their lower ends for adjustment purposes, as shown at 37, and are secured in place by means of a long bolt.31c extended through the assembly, as shown. The cam lever 33C andfparts, are vsubstantiallysimilar to the lever 33 and parts,v and is similarly mounted.`

Theinvention as herein shown and described is represented as'formed for use upon a four-sided post, but the device may be-readily modified for use upon round posts, if desired.

While we have herein described a certain.

vice for the purpose intended, as defined in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. In a deviceof the kind des cribed,'a pair of arms-for positioning angularly across two'opposite sides of the upper end of a post, the upper 'ends of the arms having inturned lugs for engaging the top ofthe post, the lower ends of the arms being adapted to protrude laterally of the' intermediate'face of the post and having inturned lugs thereat for engaging the post and also for jointly forming a stirrup, a beam rest removably mounted in the said stirrup, and means for tightening the assembly to the post.

2. In a device of the kind described, a pair of arms for positioning oppositely at the upper end of a post,the upperends of the-arms having in of a post, the upper ends of the arms having inturned lugs for engaging the top ofthepost, the lower ends of the'armsbeing adapted to protrude laterally of the intermediate face of the post and being formed thereat to jointly "constitute a' socket, `a beamrestfm'ounted'in the said socket, a

beamsupporting arm extended from" the beam:

rest, and means for tightening the elements to thep'ost.- 'W 'WW" 4. In adevice of the kind described, the combinationr of apair vof hanger arms'for positioningin afsubstantially vertical manner at opposite sides of the upper end of a post,l with the lower ends of the arms adaptedto protrude beyond the face of the intermediate side of the post and being formed thereat to; jointly vprovide `a socket, the said lower socket forming ends having also transversely `aligned shaft, holes formed therethrough, a shaft journaled lthrough 'the said shaft holes, lockrarmsrigidly mountedat the outer ends of the shaft and adapted upon rotation of the shaft to move across the outer sidesof thesaid hanger arms, vmeans coacting with` the movement of the lock Varms over'the hanger arms, whereby the latter-are caused to close upon the post, and means for rotating. the'said shaft.y 1

5.v In a device of the kind described, la pair of hanger arms for'fpositio'ning inl `a substantially vertical manner at opposite sides of the upper end of a post, the lower ends ofthe arms being formed to jointlyzp'rovide a socket supported laterally of the post, the said 'lower ends having also transversely aligned shaft holes, a shaft journaled thro-ugh the said shaft holes, a spread cam rigidly mountedupon the shaft between the hanger arms, lock arms rigidly mounted at theouter ends of the shaft for grotationwith'*thershaft rover the outer facesci the hanger arms, means coacting with the rotation of the said shaft and the resultantI movement of' the lock arms in one direction for pressing the hangerarms towards one another, Athe said lspread cam functioning to press the said hanger arms asunder upon the reverse rotation ofithe'shaft. ,I

v L FRANK SENINGER.

FRANK A. IGOEKE. AALBERT A.- A. NASH.

` LOUIS. A. DELLORCQ 

